Whiffletree attachment.



No. 646,789. Patented Apr. 3, I900. E. r. BAUERLE.

WHIFFLETBEE ATTACHMENT. (Application filed Sept. 7, 1899.) (No Model.)

g fjf 4 TTOHNE rs UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ERNST FRIEDRICH BAUERLE, OF STRONG CITY, KANSAS, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF ANDPATRICK J. NORTON, OF SAME PLACE.

WHIFFLETREE ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent N0. 646,789, dated April 3,1900.

Application filed September 7 1899. Serial No. 729,728. (No model.)

T0 to whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ERNST FRIEDRICH BAUERLE, of Strong City, in thecounty of Chase and State of Kansas, have invented a new and ImprovedWhiffletree Attachment,

of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The purpose of the invention is to provide means for preventing thefalling of the reins beneath the singletrees, the invention beingadapted particularly to use in connection with pairs or teams of horses.

This specification is the disclosure of one form of my invention, whilethe claims define the actual scope thereof.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the invention in use, and Fig. 2 is anenlarged side elevation of the attachment. I 4

As shown in Fig. 1, the whiffletree a is attached to the pole b by meansof the usual bolt 0, fast with a bracket (1, fastened to the pole.

The singletrees e are mounted on the whiffletree as usual, and thearrangement for preventing the reins from falling between thesingletrees consists in a connecting-barf with clips g at its ends, theclips loosely receiving the contiguous ends of the singletrees and thebar extending transversely of the pole from one singletree to the other.The bar is provided with a lug h, fastened to or otherwise in connectionwith the bar f at the middle thereof. This lug is preferably curved inthe manner shown 'and is pivoted on the bracket d by the bolt 0 abovementioned.

With this attachment the singletrees are allowed all desired freedom ofmovement; but the reins are prevented from falling down between andbeneath the singletrees by the bar f, which is also extended between thesingletrees, and therefore cuts off the passage through which the reinsmight otherwise pass.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. The combination with a pole, the whiffletree, thebracket and bolt, of singletrees mounted on the whiflietrees,aconnecting-bar, clips at the ends of the connecting-bar, the clipsloosely receiving the contiguous ends of the singletrees and theconnecting-bar extending transversely of the pole between thesingle-trees, and a lug attached to the middle of the connecting-bar andpivotally mounted on the bolt.

2. The combination with singletrees and means on which they are mounted,of a bar serving as a rein-guard, the bar being pivotally mounted onsuch means and having its ends respectively in slidable connection withthe adjacent ends of the singletrees.

3. The combination with a whiflietree and singletrees mounted thereon,of a bar pivotally mounted coincident with the pivot of the whiffletreeand having its ends respectively in sliding connection with the adjacentends of the singletrees.

GEO. W. ORUMB, JOHN M. WARREN.

